Teenager creates twitter storm after terror tweet

Dozens of twitter users have sent threats to American Airlines after a 14 year-old Dutch girl tweeted the air company telling them she was a member of Al-Qaeda and that she was “going to do something really big,” on June 1.

One user, @ShyyLicious, said “I have a bomb under the next
plane to take off,” another, @ddlovatosteddy, said “I’m
gonna bomb your 737 jet,” while @nonfreak tweeted
“release her or I’ll bomb your HQ. You gonna arrest me
now?” All the threats were hoaxes.

The girl, who gave her name as Sarah, immediately said the tweet
was a joke after being contacted by American Airlines, who said
it “takes these threats very seriously” adding that the
issue would be passed on to the FBI. The American carrier lost
two of its aircraft on September 11, 2001, when 19 Al-Qaeda
terrorists carried out an unprecedented attack on the United
States, killing nearly 3,000 people.

She had initially claimed to be Ibrahim from Afghanistan and a
member of a terrorist group, but quickly admitted it was a joke
after learning of the seriousness of the matter, which
unfortunately also led to over a dozen pranksters also sending
American Airlines threats.

However, there were plenty of twitter users who were aghast at
the Dutch teenager’s actions. User @rupertagnew condemned her
tweet saying, “Yesterday I said @QueenDemetriax_ is the
dumbest person on twitter. Well now she's been arrested by dutch
police LOLZ”…

A number of the tweets have since been deleted, including the
teenage girl’s account. According to BNO News, she was identified
as being from Rotterdam and brought to a local police station.
She was taken into custody and charged with making a false
report.